Radiator shield and frame



(No Model.)

- G. E. DIXON.

RADIATOR SHIELD AND FRAME.

Patented July 23,1895.`

Minesse:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E.'DIXON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RADIATOR SHIELD AND FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters I-fatent No. 543,456, dated July 23, 1895.

Application filed October 20,1894. Serial No. 526,437. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. DIXON, a citizen of Great Britain, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im- Y provements in Radiator Shields and Frames to radiatorsfor the purpose of deecting away from the Wall or partition and toward the center of the room, hall, or other place in which the radiator is located the ascending currents of heated air together with the particles of dust, (if any,) carried thereby and caused by such radiator.

The object of this invention is to obtain a radiator-shield which can be applied to radi` ators already placed in operative position without interfering with or changing the radiator or its connection, and further to obtain an adjustable radiator-shield whichV can be applied to radiators of different construction and dierent sizes.

Another object of this invention is to obtain means whereby a radiator-shield can be extended from the top of the radiator to which it is attached to near the door or base on which such radiator is placed.

In Letters Patent Nos. 435,290, dated August 26, 1890, and 481,900, dated August 30,

1892, radiator-shields, adapted to be applied to radiators and to deflect the ascending currents of air from the wall near which the radiator is placed are by me shown, described, and claimed, and this invention constitutes an improvement on radiatorsl1ields of the kind therein set forth.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a radiator having a radiatorshield embodying my invention attached thereto; Fig. 2, an elevation of one. end of the frame of the radiator-shield on the' side thereof adjacent to the radiator; Fig. 3, a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a longitudinal view through the post, (forming a base for the support of the frame of my radiator-shield,) whichA is by me removably and adjustably attached to the radiator.

A letter of reference applied to a specific part or portion of the radiator-shield is-used to indicate such part or portion wherever the same appears throughout the several iigures of the drawings. i

A is the top main body of part of the radiator-shield, such body part extending from in front of the radiator over the top thereof and a short distance downthe back.

A is the back main body part of the radiator-shield extending from part or portion A to near the door or other base on which the radiator to which the device is attached is placed.

B is a casting against the side whereof adjacent to the radiator the main body part A is designed to abut, and b is a flange extending 'around casting B, corresponding substantially with the shape of such top main body part A.

B is a casting designed and adapted to bef attached to casting B, and when so attached to constitute an extension thereof, reaching to and resting upon the door or base on which the radiator to which the device is attachedis placed.

b isa flange on casting B on the side thereof adjacent to the radiator. The body part A is designed to abut against the side of casting B adjacent to the radiator and may be secured, as by rivet b2, to ange b.

X is the radiator.

C is au extension of casting B, by means ot which castings B B are secured together through bolts D D extending through corresponding holes in extension C of casting B and casting B. j

E is a bolt having screw-threads e e thereon.

e is the head of bolt E, and is of such shape as to fit against, when brought in close contact therewith, coils Y Y of radiator X.

forced against the coils Y Y', the ende ot'l roo such bolt E is drawn into close contact with such coils, and thereby post F isrmly secured in position on radiatorX between such coils Y Y', and at any desired height from the bottom of the radiator.

I-I is a slot in casting B.

I Iare ridges on the side of face of casting J is a casting having therein slots J and J2.

K K are ridges on the side of face of casting J, corresponding with the ridges I I on the side of face of casting B.

L is a screw-threaded bolt having head Z,v

and M is a nut having threads therein corresponding with and fitting over the screwthreads on bolt L. Bolt L is adapted to pass through slots H and J', respectively, and when extended therethrough with the nut M turned tightly in place on such bolt to hold the face of casting J, adjacent to the face of casting B, in close contact therewith. Vhen the casting J is held as above, (in close contact with casting B,) the ridges I I or some thereof intermesh with the ridges K K or some thereof, and thereby upward or downward movement of casting J on casting B is prevented.4 By loosening the nut M, on bolt L casting J can be adjusted either upward or downward in reference to casting B, such bolt L moving in slot J' and different ones of ridges I I and K K intermeshing, or to the right or left, bolt L moving in slot II.

Slot J2, in casting J, fits over partf of post F, and hence such post forms the support or base for the casting B. Casting B' being attached, as hereinbefore described, to casting B, and such casting B' extending to the floor or base on which radiator X is placed, the bottom or foot of such casting B', when such casting B is, as is usually the case, attached to casting B, forms a second point of support for the joint-castings B B', and such castings will remain firmly in place. Like castings B B' are, of course, applied to each end of the radiator-shield, body parts A A extending from the castings at one end of the radiatorl to the castings at the other end thereof.

It will be readily observed that the castings B B' can, by means of the post F, secured, as described, to the radiator and the adjustable casting J, be readily applied to the radiator and properly adj usted whenr such radiator is already in operative position without disturbing it or its connections.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. In a radiator shield support a casting having a horizontal slot therein, ridges on the side of the casting adjacent to the slot, a second casting having a slot therein and ridges on the side thereof adjacent to such slot, such ridges intermeshing with the ridges on the first named casting, and extending substantially horizontally when so intermeshing a second vslot in the second named casting extending upward from the bottom thereof and adapted to fit over a horizontal post forming the support of the castings; substantially as described.

2. In a radiator shield a casting having a horizontal slot therein, ridges on the side of the casting adjacent to the slot, a second casting having a slot therein andv ridges on the side thereof adjacent to such slot, such ridges intermeshing with the ridges on the first named casting, and extending substantially horizontally when so intermeshing a second slot in the second named casting extending upward from the bottom thereof and an additional casting attachable to the iirst named casting and forming a leg therefor adapted to rest on the floor on which the radiator to which the castings are attached is placed; substantially as described.

3. In a radiator shield a casting having a horizontal slot therein, ridges on the side of the casting adjacentto the slot, a second casting having a slot therein and ridges on the side thereof adjacent to suchslot, such ridges intermeshing with the ridges on the first named casting, and extending substantially horizontally when so intermeshing a second slot in the second named casting extending upward from the bottom thereof, a vertically adjustable post secured to the radiator sec` tions forming a support on which the castings rest; substantially as described.

4. The combination with a radiator of a casting forming one end of a radiator shield, a second casting adjustably secured to the first named casting and a post adjustably secured to the radiator, such post forming a support on which the castings rest; substantially as described.

GEORGE Il. DIXON.

Vitnesses:

FLORA L. BROWN, CHARLES TURNER BROWN.

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